{"id":3443,"date":"2023-06-28T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/?p=3443"},"modified":"2023-06-28T20:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T20:52:56","slug":"2023-brethren-faith-in-action-fund-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/2023\/06\/28\/2023-brethren-faith-in-action-fund-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Brethren Faith in Action Fund announces grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA) has aided six congregations with its latest round of grants.&nbsp;Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/latest-bfia-grants\/\">more details about the 2023 BFIA grants here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren in Fort Wayne, Ind., received $5,000 for the congregation\u2019s effort to sponsor a refugee family through the Welcome Corps.<\/strong>&nbsp;Beacon Heights aims to help some refugees secure a better, safer, and more stable place to live and thrive, free from violence and oppression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Harrisburg (Pa.) First Church of the Brethren received $5,000.00 to upgrade audio\/visual technology in the church.&nbsp;<\/strong>The congregation has grown to include families for whom regular, in-person attendance isn\u2019t possible due to distance, health, and other factors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Oakton Church of the Brethren in Vienna, Va., received $5,000 for its outreach ministry, Oakton Partners in Learning.<\/strong>&nbsp;The ministry provides direct one-to-one tutoring services to students in Fairfax County schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unify Christians, a predominantly Haitian Church of the Brethren congregation in Atlantic Southeast District, received $4,950 to purchase a projector, screen, and accessories to enhance ministry in multiple languages.<\/strong>&nbsp;Unify Christians involves translators for various language groups and when needed also creates sermon and worship presentations for the respective language groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>La Iglesia de los Hermanos Nuevo Comienzo (New Beginning Church of the Brethren) in Kissimmee, Fla., received $4,500 for its community support outreach ministry serving the Hispanic community.<\/strong>&nbsp;This project supports low-income families who are struggling to pay for food, utilities, and medical costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Springfield Church of the Brethren in Akron, Ohio, received $2,662.20 for its Back-to-School Blast community event providing fun, games, food, clothing, and school supplies for Spring Hill Elementary students, their parents, and church families.<\/strong>&nbsp;Most students in the community qualify for free or reduced breakfasts and lunches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/faith-in-action\/\">Brethren Faith in Action or apply for a grant here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/Brethren-Faith-in-Action-logo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Brethren Faith in Action Fund logo\" class=\"wp-image-3442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/Brethren-Faith-in-Action-logo-copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/Brethren-Faith-in-Action-logo-copy-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/Brethren-Faith-in-Action-logo-copy-560x343.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA) has aided six congregations with its latest round of grants. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[367,78],"class_list":["post-3443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brethren-faith-in-action-fund","tag-grants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}